Bill Goldberg, movie star. Seems like not so long ago that the 6-foot-4, 285-pounder was on top of the pile in wrestling, wearing WWE's heavyweight title in 2003.

But he grew tired of wrestling and its politics. And he's sickened when he looks back at his last bout, a Wrestlemania XX showdown with Brock Lesnar, who had announced he was leaving to try the NFL.

"A good friend of mine set a good example for me," says Goldberg. "Steve Borden (Sting) said when he wasn't able to enjoy what he was doing, when he was miserable when he got home, it was time to hang it up.

"It wasn't worth the hassle. It doesn't seem like the No. 1 goal (in WWE) is business oriented. It seemed more like mental torture.

"I don't think it's a mistake that I'm not there ... that The Rock is not there ... that Kevin Nash is not there. It's not because we're too old. Look at Dusty Rhodes ... he's 150 years old and he's still wrestling.

"(The match against Lesnar) crushed me. It was emotionally very disturbing. If it was predicated on making money, that would have been the biggest match ever."